Pipe hanger



Nov. 1 3 1923. HAWQ C. H. VOELLMECKE PIPE HANGER Filed July 1l. 1922 Patented Nov. i3, w23.

UNHTD CARL H. VOELLMECKE, OF CNCNNATI, OHIO.

PIPE HANGER.

Application filed .Tilly 11, 1922. Serial No. 574,197.

To all whom it may concern.' reenforcenient il as an added feature of Be it known that l, CARL ll. VonLLMnoKn, rigidity and strength. a citizen oit the United States, residing in ln attaching the hanger l place the pipe e Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and l2 against the under face ol the supporting 5 State of hio, have invented new and useful element 13 and While supporting it there lmprovements in a Pipe llanger, of -Ywhich place strap el around it, the bolt being put the following,` is a specilication. in position with the Wedge beneath it, the

iin object of this invention is to produce bolt ccupying the notches as shown. The 55 an improved pipe hanger in Which pipes, Wedge and strap are then slipped along the electric conduits, rods and the like inay be pipe until the teeth 9 engage the inclined quickly, securely and vvitli little labor asupper racc of 'the flange of the structural tened to structural iron and steel members, steel member. By then driving the wedge such as l beams, channels, etc. Ltoward the nieniber, the strap also being 60 A further object is to produce an iiiidr en therewith, the teeth 9 grip the Vflange proved pipe hanger which is inexpensive to `very rigidly, the strap by this operation produce and Which is as inexpensively atgradually being tightened upon the pipe to tached to the pipes and its supporting draw it tgghtly against the under face ot the structure. ineinber l. Thus displacement oit the e5 TheseJ and other objects are attained in pipe prevented. l have chosen to show two the pipe hanger described in the following hangers in position in Fig. l, although but specification and illustrated in the accoinone is all that is actually necessary. Should panying` drawing in which: the pipe be a large one the members (3 and Fig. l is a traginental perspective ViewY 7 may be drawn apart as shoivn in Fig. 2, 70 ci a pair ot' pipe hangers embodying my so as to accommodate the conditions. se invention attached to and supporting a pipe Furthermore, for still larger diameter pipes from an lbeam. the members. strap and bolt would be en- Fio. 2 is a somewhat enlaroed end View laroed in construction thereof.

Q C T22 showin@ m im roved loe hanoer ad ustr avine; thus described in f invention What 75 b l. c Y 1 ed to and supporting a pipe or large dii claim is-: ameter. A pipe hanger comprising in lieu thereof My improved hanger consists or" a Wedge an adjustable Wedge consisting oit' two trans- 3, a strap 4 and a bolt 5. rllie Wedge is of versely adjustable elements having a toothed adjustable construction and consistsot two supporting member vging` surface on the S0 members 6 and 7 which overlap as shown under face or' each element, a notched bolt and Which may be readily adjusted to acengaging surface on the ripper lace of each commodate pipes ot diierent sizes, a lug element, a pipe embracii gstrap, and a bolt 13 on one member cooperating With a slot adapted to occupy the notches of the bolt le on the other member to prevent longiengagin suil'ace and to retain the stra S5 tudinal displacementof the members rela.- in embracing' engagement with pipe to be 40 tively to one another. Each member is prosupported.

vided With a vertical flange 8 which is ln Witness whereof, l allii; my signature tapered at one end on its under edge and is in the presence ot tivo Wi nesses. provided thereon with a series of teeth 9.

'lhe upper edge of the flange is provided CARL H. VOELLMECKE. et With a series of notches or depressionsV illitnesses adapted to receive the bolt 5 as shown. The CHARLES W. POTTER,

strap i is preferably provided with a ribbed JOSEPH C. GRLANDO. 

